Clothes-hanger.



P. S. MEISTER.

CLOTHES HANGER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13. 1914.

1,168,531. v Patented 1111.18, 1916.

PETER S. MEISTER, OF CAMl-lE-iG-O, ILLINUIS.

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CLOTHES-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed'liebruary 13, 1.914. Serial No. 818,438.

To attic/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER S. Mnisrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at tlamargo, in the county of Douglas and State of lllincis, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to clothes hangers and has "for its object to provide an im-- proved collapsible device adapted for securement to the sides of walls and other approximately vertical surfaces, and having a plurality of arms radially arranged and adapted to be placed in operative position or collapsed to an inoperative position at will. in order to occupy a minimum amount of space when not in use.

It is a further object ol the invention to provide in a device of the described character a supporting device or bracket of improved construction for collapslbly supporting a plurality of radial arms.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description of the preferred embodiment of my invention and as shown in the drawings forming a part of the specification and finally pointed out more specifically in the claims.

In the said drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device in its extended form attached to a wall, the latter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 of 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 33 of 1. Fig. l is a plan view of a cut and unfolded blank from which the supporting bracket of the device is iormed.

The device consists essentially of a wall bracket and a plurality of collapsible radiating arms supported thereby, the said arms being of any desired and convenient length and being adapted to support various articles such as clothing and the like in the well known manner.

The bracket or support for the arms is preferably formed of sheet metal and in l is shown a blank from which the same may be formed by bending along the dotted lines until it assumes the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2-. This blank consists of a body portion indicated by the reference character 10 provided with a plurality of openings indicated at 11 and adapted to receive suitable scrows or bolts as indicated at 12, Fig. 2, for the securement of the supporting bracket to the vertical surface of a wall or any other desired supporting means, the wall portion being indicated by the refer ence character 13 in Figs. 1 and 2.

integrally with the portion 10 a portion is formed of a semicircumference, as indicated by the reference character let, and around. its periphery it is provided with a plurality of openings 15 which are arranged some distance from theouter periphery around the circumf renceand are adapted to receive the bentends of the radiallyan, ranged rods for supporting clothes'or other objects in the following manner. Between the openings 15 and the outer periphery of the supporting member 1a the material is depressed or V troughed, as shown at 14", which affords a means for steadying the radial rods 16, of which there may be any des' ed number corresponding to the openings 15 andthe trough portions 1% leading therefrom. The form of the collapsible radial rod 16 may best be seen by an inspection of Fig. 2-, from which it will be seen that the extremity adapted to coiiperate with the bracket is bentinto an approximately U shape, the corners being given preferably a right-angular bend and having a portion, as indicated as 10 extending at right angles tothe main body portion, and a portion 16 of about the same length as tlue'angular portion 16 extending at right angles to the last named portion and paral-' lel with the main body portion 16.

In order to strengthen the bracket, and particularly the portion 14 whichsupports the radial arms 16, the portion 10 is preferably constructed beyond the vertical lines of fold 10 with wing or brace portions 1O havin ton ues extendin verticall at 10 h b 5:7

and being adapted to pass through suitable cooperating openings 14 in the semi-circumferential plate 1% when this is bent along the line of told as indicated at 10. In

order to enable the wings 10 to fold along Patented Jan. 18, 1931. 8.

bracket that is very cheap to manufacture and 183i the sametime very strong and eiiicirnt. I

- It is an important feature of a device of this character that it shall be capable of having its supporting arms radially extend- 7 ed for use and'when not in use may permit the arms to be folded out of the way. In

- my improved device this is accomplished by manipulating the supporting arms 16 heretofore described, in the foilowing'manner. where they may hang from the semi-circumferential plate 14 of the bracket in the manner'bestshown inFig. 2, with a portion 16" extending downwardly through the openings 15 and with the portions 1 6 resting ineach of the grooves or depressions 14L, wh ch will allow each of the arms l6'to be freely suspended and if the members 16 are made of suiiicient length there will be little orno tendency for these members to become disconnected from the supporting bracket even when hanging loosely in the collapsed position. When it is desired to expand the arms to their radial and operative position this may be accomplished by the operator grasping the portion 16 and bringing it to the horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, the arms may each be pushed nwardly toward the center of the semi-circumferential plate 14, which will cause the inner portions of the members 16,; to slide beneath the body portion of the plate 14: and provide a firm support for each of the members 16, so that any quantity ofclothing or. other articles may be hung upon these arms up to the point of their elastic strength, and

when it is not desired to use any of the arms they may be collapsed or swung to the downward and. vertical position, out of the Way, by simply pulling them out Copies of this patent may be obtained for The arms are placed in a position wardly and away from the bracket until the.

angular portions 16 register with theopenings 15, which will allow the" members 16 to have a hinging or swinging motion and to; have their main body portions assume the perpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 2-.

In order that the invention might be -understood, the details otthe preferred em bodim'ent have been illustrated in the drawingsand' specifically described, but it is not desired to be limitedto the exact details shown, for it will be apparent that various modifications may be made without departing from the purpose or spirit of the invention. 7 v a Iclaim: p i

A clothes hanger, comprisinga bracket having a substantially horizontal plate portion provided with perforations spaced from its edge anda downwardly depressed trough extending from each perforation to the edge of the plate, and horlzontally dissuch trough.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 10th day of February, A. D. 19,14.

Witnesses JOSEPH GLoss, CHARLES H. SEEM.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 6.

PETER S. MEISTER. 

